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*Congress In Recess for Two Weeks*
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CFTC Launches Innovation Task Force
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig:
“By establishing a clear regulatory framework for innovators building on the new frontier of finance, we can foster responsible innovation at home and ensure American market participants are not left on the sidelines." [Read]
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HSF Tokenization Hearing Democratic Witness
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Plume General Counsel B. Salman Banaei was the Democratic Witness for the House Financial Services Committee Hearing, “Tokenization and the Future of Securities: Modernizing Our Capital Markets," last week. He highlighted opportunities for SMEs, MDI, CDFI, Opp Zones, etc. Additionally, he previously supported Blockchain Foundation’s call for the inclusion of a federal study of CDFI/MDIs in the Senate Banking Committee market structure bill. [Read Testimony]
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What We're Reading & Streaming |
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'What the hell?' — Crypto frustration boils over as stablecoin fight stalls bill. - The Block
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Fannie Mae to Accept Crypto-Backed Mortgages for the First Time. New offering from Better Home & Finance and Coinbase allows home buyers to pledge bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies when making a down payment. – WSJ
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Reps. Max Miller and Steven Horsford are unveiling their bipartisan proposal to set tax rules for digital assets. - Punchbowl
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Rep. Waters presses Kansas City Fed on approving Kraken's master account. - The Block
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Stand With Crypto launches midterms offensive. - Semafor
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Editorial by SEC’s Paul S. Atkins, Hester M. Peirce, Mark T. Uyeda: Crypto markets – and the American people – deserve clarity. The SEC is pivoting away from its previous regulatory strategy. - CoinDesk
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Trump regulators forge ahead with crypto rules amid Senate holdups. - The Hill
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The Trump DOJ has said it won't prosecute crypto software developers. But it's doing so anyway, and getting "binding legal clarity" is a major concern, says Coin Center's executive director. - Decrypt
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Canada moves to ban crypto donations for election campaigns following UK. Bill C-25 follows years of warnings from Canada's Chief Electoral Officer about the risk that crypto donations could pose to electoral integrity. - CoinDesk
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ECB paper finds DeFi governance concentrated, warns results could affect ‘regulatory anchor points.’ The new working paper from the European Central Bank finds that governance across a handful of major decentralized finance protocols is much more concentrated than previously suspected, saying the results could influence how policymakers build frameworks to bring "relevant entities under the regulatory umbrella." - The Block [Read ECB Report]
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* NEW EPISODE DROPS TOMORROW * THE GET DOWN: BEYOND BITCOIN PODCAST |
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Episode one goes live tomorrow with a captivating conversation about scaling DeFi with Hekaton Founder Malik Corbett. Stream all episodes from Season One & Two with host Ritzy P on your favorite platform.
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Cleve Mesidor was a panelist on Tokenization panel at International Law Institute.
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| Last week, Cleve Mesidor was the featured speaker during the DFW Business Council Luncheon.
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